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Patients with renal tumours who have undergone laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) have shown similar surgical and oncologic outcomes as those treated with open partial nephrectomy (OPN), reports a study.

In the treatment of COVID-19 inpatients, intravenous administration of dexamethasone leads to a shorter hospital stay compared with methylprednisolone, according to a study.

In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), higher serum levels of circulating C1q tumour necrosis factor-related protein 4 (CTRP4) appear to aggravate the likelihood of coronary artery disease, a recent study has found.

For bladder cancer patients scheduled to undergo radical cystectomy, the presence of mood and/or anxiety disorders may lead to a longer length of hospital stay and increase the likelihood of discharge to a nonhome facility, a study reports.

Treatment with cetuximab plus cisplatin 30 mg/m2 and radiotherapy appears safe and well tolerated in women with cervical carcinoma, a study has shown. In addition, fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) has exhibited early evidence of response to neoadjuvant cetuximab.

Upfront autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) plus lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (RVd) significantly improves progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), results of the phase III DETERMINATION trial showed.